Trace carrier



Patented Aug. 12, 1924.

PATENT OFFICE.

new 0. KRAUSE, or raansr ntn, SOTITI-I- nAKorA.

TRACE seamen.

Application filed December 12, 1923. Serial No. 680,203.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED C. KRAUsE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Mansfield, in the county of Spink and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trace Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a trace carrier for harness.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which makes it possible to readily and easily unhook the trace and at the same time prevent accidental uncoupling thereof when harnessing or unharnessing or at other times.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character having the foregoing advantages and which is of simple and durable construction, reliable in operation, and easy and inexpensive to manufacture and apply.

Other objects and advantages of the invention reside in certain novel features of the construction, combination and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part 30 of this specification, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing the preferred embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 is a view thereof in longitudinal vertical section;

Figure 3 is a detail view of a holder and its mounting yoke; and

Figure 4 is a detail view of one of the latches.

Referring to the drawings wherein for the sake of illustration is shown the preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 10 designates generally the frame of the trace carrier which is preferably of metal and made up of bars suitably secured to each other. A number of the bars may be integral or they may be fastened together by welding, soldering or by any other suitable means. Pairs of attaching loops, designated at 12 and 13 are provided on the frame and afford a convenient means whereby the trace carrier may be mounted. Posts, designated at 15, are suitably secured or mounted upon the frame 10 and provide keepers against which the element E connected to the trace may be seated.

A shaft 16 is mounted on the frame. A pair of yokes 17 are provided, and each yoke 17 is pivotally mounted on the shaft 16. Each yoke 17 carries a U-shaped holder 18. One such U-shaped holder 18 is provided for each keeper 15 and as the holders 18 are mounted on the pivot yokes 17 they are adapted to be swung in position to coact with the keeper for holding the element E seated against the keeper or they are adapted to be moved upwardly and away from the keeper to permit of the release of the said element E. A latch, designated generally at 20 is provided for each holder and preferably is in the form of a lever constructed of a single piece of metal having portions bent against each other in face to face relation and arranged to provide a vertical latch bar 21, the lever of the metal being extended from the latch bar in the form of divergent arms 22 which are pivotally mounted, as at 23 on a shaft 24 provided on the frame 10. Each latch bar 21 is toothed, as indicated at 25 and coacts with a shoulder 26 provided therefor at the juncture of the holder 18 and the yoke 17.

A single'blade spring 28 is provided and is bent around the upper part of the shaft 16 as a fulcrum, the spring being then extended downwardly and having its extremitiesengaged below the vertical latch bars 21. At the upper end of each latch bar 21 an operating knob 30 is provided to facilitate release of the latch.

When the device is in use and carrying the trace the element E connected to the trace is seated against one of the posts 15 and is held in such position by the U-shaped holder 18 which embraces the adjacent portion of the element and holds the same seated against the post. Displacement of the holder 18 is prevented by the action of the latch 20 since the vertical bar 21 of the latch has one of its teeth 25 engaged with the shoulder 26 of its yoke 17 to secure the yoke and the holder carried by the yoke in position directly behind the post- 15. When it is desired to release the element E the knob 30 is grasped and the latch bar 21 is swung backwardly so that the teeth 25 are moved away from the shoulder 26 to permit the holder 18 and its yoke 17 to swing upwardly and away from the post or keeper 18.

I claim:

A trace carrier comprising a frame, a pair of posts mounted on the frame and providing 7 keepers, a shaft mounted on the'frame, a pair i of rookable yokes "mounted on the shaft, U- shaped-holdersmounted on the yokes and c0- operable with the posts, apair of latch levers pivotally mounted on the frame and coop erable with the holders, eaoh latch lever hav- 7 FRED C. KRAUSE. 

